Toussaint Intent on Matching Other Unions But MTA Faced Objections
It isn't a universal human right, but in the context of free discourse it is commonly understood that even an argumentative and idealistic person reserves the right to change his or her mind. Transport Workers Union Local 100 President Roger Toussaint has invoked this writ liberally since taking the reins of the union in 2000.
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By DAVID SIMS
Gennaro Montello, a Sewage Treatment Worker, died Jan. 9 from injuries sustained in an accident at a water treatment plant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where steel supports from a temporary conveyor belt collapsed on top of him. Mr. More...
March a Message to Governor
By TOMMY HALLISSEY
Prominent city and state unions Jan. 7 staged an Albany "March for Main Street" coinciding with the Governor's State of the State speech to challenge budget priorities which they said force working New Yorkers to bear the brunt of the fiscal pain. More...
Says Loss of Ropes Killed 2
By ARI PAUL
Defense lawyers for the past and present owners of a Bronx apartment building where firefighters died in 2005 Jan. 6 sought to implicate the Fire Department as more culpable than their clients of criminally negligent homicide by blaming then-Commissioner Thomas Von Essen's decision to discontinue issuing safety ropes and harnesses in 2000. More...
67 Cadets Graduate, Head For Newest NYPD Class